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Thanks for posting that. Clears up a lot, and makes it clear that this might be an good solution for non-SM's too.

Though I have to say that this seems like a confusing statement:

The reason a raised upper mount was not developed to increase rear suspension travel is because the rear upper control arm would have metal-to-metal contact with the rear subframe. Then, the tire would begin to contact the wheel well, limiting travel gains, but more importantly, causing damage to the tire.

So...do you get metal-to-metal contact on the control arm, or tire-to-wheel-well contact? Either one of them should be a limiting factor...so which is it?

My Penskes are out for rebuild with Guy Ankeny after four years of service. But when they come back, I'll have to compare lengths. I feel like they're shorter, but now I'm curious. I certainly don't have any metal-to-metal contact on the control arms or subframe, and I've taken fairly extreme measures to make tire-to-wheel-well interference a non-issue.